Южнокорейские дилерские инвесторы бегут из своего рынка, тратят $4,6 млрд на американские акции
Южнокорейские дилерские инвесторы, известные как "мышки", за их коллективную силу в числах, потратили $4,6 млрд на американские акции в июле, marking их наибольший ежемесячный хваток с января 2026 года и почти в два раза больше их среднего ежемесячных покупок $2,7 млрд в 2025 году.
Время не совпадает случайно. Индекс КОСПИ, южнокорейский основной рынок акций,just posted his worst monthly decline since the 2008 global financial crisis, dropping roughly 40% from his June peak.
The damage was staggering. Estimated retail losses from leveraged positions totaled somewhere between $38,7 billion and $39 billion. More than 1,2 million accounts were hit with margin calls, affecting over 3,4% of South Korea's adult population.
Foreign institutional investors weren't sticking around to watch, either. In the month preceding the retail exodus, foreign investors dumped a record $30,72 billion worth of Korean stocks and bonds.
By June 2026, Korean retail holdings in US equities had reached nearly $200 billion, making South Korean individual investors one of the largest foreign ownership blocs in American stocks. July's $4,6 billion surge only added to that already massive position.
The pivot toward US stocks marked the first time since February 2026 that net inflows into American equities outpaced new domestic investment from Korean retail.
Data from Korea Securities Depository flagged the growing volatility of retail-driven capital flows as a systemic concern. Every dollar a Korean ant puts into Tesla or Nvidia is a dollar that gets converted from won, adding selling pressure on the local currency. Multiply that by $4,6 billion in a single month, layer on the $30-plus billion in foreign institutional selling, and you have a recipe for meaningful won weakness.
A weakening won creates a feedback loop. As the currency drops, Korean investors holding US stocks see their returns amplified in local currency terms, which encourages even more outflows.
Ключевые статистики:
- $4,6 млрд: Южнокорейские дилерские инвесторы потратили наибольший ежемесячный хваток в американских акциях с января 2026 года
- 40%: КОСПИ-индекс decline from his June peak
- $200 млрд: Korean retail holdings in US equities by June 2026
- 3,4%: The percentage of South Korea's adult population affected by margin calls
- $30,72 млрд: Foreign investors' record dumping of Korean stocks and bonds in the month preceding the retail exodus
